@tomborchert.bsky.social
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Not to pick on the author of this piece, who did important journalistic work with a range of relevant parties, but the assumption that doctrine is anterior to political stances is so flawed. 1/? www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
The dangerous rise of Buddhist extremism: ‘Attaining nirvana can wait’
The long read: Still largely viewed as a peaceful philosophy, across much of south-east Asia, the religion has been weaponised to serve nationalist goals
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Not to pick on the author of this piece, who did important journalistic work with a range of relevant parties, but the assumption that doctrine is anterior to political stances is so flawed. 1/? www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
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Israel Agrees To Go Back To Killing Palestinians On Less Frequent Basis
Israel Agrees To Go Back To Killing Palestinians On Less Frequent Basis
CAIRO—As part of a historic ceasefire agreement with Hamas following two years of war, the Israeli government reportedly agreed Thursday to go back to killing Palestinians on a less frequent basis. “I...
theonion.com
October 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Israel Agrees To Go Back To Killing Palestinians On Less Frequent Basis
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According to data from Ice, we passed a significant milestone. Immigrants with no criminal record now make up the largest group arrested and booked into detention by Ice.
Immigrants with no criminal record now largest group in Ice detention
Government data shows 16,523 people with no record, versus 15,725 with a record and 13,767 with pending charges
www.theguardian.com
September 26, 2025 at 12:05 PM
According to data from Ice, we passed a significant milestone. Immigrants with no criminal record now make up the largest group arrested and booked into detention by Ice.
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An ICE agent threw a mom to the ground.
You know how she can file a complaint with DHS?
SHE CAN'T. Trump closed that office.
www.propublica.org/article/home...
You know how she can file a complaint with DHS?
SHE CAN'T. Trump closed that office.
www.propublica.org/article/home...
September 25, 2025 at 6:38 PM
An ICE agent threw a mom to the ground.
You know how she can file a complaint with DHS?
SHE CAN'T. Trump closed that office.
www.propublica.org/article/home...
You know how she can file a complaint with DHS?
SHE CAN'T. Trump closed that office.
www.propublica.org/article/home...
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American universities are not controlled by leftists.
Campuses are just that rare place in American public life where leftist ideas are not unwelcome.
Campuses are just that rare place in American public life where leftist ideas are not unwelcome.
September 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM
American universities are not controlled by leftists.
Campuses are just that rare place in American public life where leftist ideas are not unwelcome.
Campuses are just that rare place in American public life where leftist ideas are not unwelcome.
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HHS Secretary RFK Jr. wants to find the causes of #autism by September.
Erin McCanlies has spent the past 20yrs studying how parents’ exposure to chemicals at work affects the chance that they will have a child with the condition.
RFK Jr. cut her entire lab.
My latest video for @propublica.org
Erin McCanlies has spent the past 20yrs studying how parents’ exposure to chemicals at work affects the chance that they will have a child with the condition.
RFK Jr. cut her entire lab.
My latest video for @propublica.org
September 18, 2025 at 4:30 PM
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. wants to find the causes of #autism by September.
Erin McCanlies has spent the past 20yrs studying how parents’ exposure to chemicals at work affects the chance that they will have a child with the condition.
RFK Jr. cut her entire lab.
My latest video for @propublica.org
Erin McCanlies has spent the past 20yrs studying how parents’ exposure to chemicals at work affects the chance that they will have a child with the condition.
RFK Jr. cut her entire lab.
My latest video for @propublica.org
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As long as we’re all autism experts now, here’s an actual study showing links to air pollution and fossil fuel
hsph.harvard.edu/news/air-pol...
hsph.harvard.edu/news/air-pol...
Air pollution linked with increased risk of autism in children | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Exposure to fine particulate air pollution has been linked with significantly increased risk of autism spectrum disorder in children, particularly if exposure occurs during the third trimester of preg...
hsph.harvard.edu
September 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
As long as we’re all autism experts now, here’s an actual study showing links to air pollution and fossil fuel
hsph.harvard.edu/news/air-pol...
hsph.harvard.edu/news/air-pol...
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RELI nerds: I have a serious professional question that I am asking as Senior Editor at @religiondispatches.org
it's extremely important and serious
...how many of y'all are watching the Mormon Bachelorette
and would maybe wanna write something silly for us about it?
it's extremely important and serious
...how many of y'all are watching the Mormon Bachelorette
and would maybe wanna write something silly for us about it?
September 16, 2025 at 10:38 PM
RELI nerds: I have a serious professional question that I am asking as Senior Editor at @religiondispatches.org
it's extremely important and serious
...how many of y'all are watching the Mormon Bachelorette
and would maybe wanna write something silly for us about it?
it's extremely important and serious
...how many of y'all are watching the Mormon Bachelorette
and would maybe wanna write something silly for us about it?
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U.S. support for Israel isn’t just foreign policy, it’s a political religion. Rooted in Manifest Destiny and American exceptionalism, it blurs borders until America and Israel are imagined as one, argues Elizabeth Shakman Hurd for @newlinesmag.bsky.social
American Support for Israel Is a Political Religion
US policies reflect the entangled destinies of the two countries — as if they were merged into one
newlinesmag.com
September 15, 2025 at 11:00 PM
U.S. support for Israel isn’t just foreign policy, it’s a political religion. Rooted in Manifest Destiny and American exceptionalism, it blurs borders until America and Israel are imagined as one, argues Elizabeth Shakman Hurd for @newlinesmag.bsky.social
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‘Seek Funding’ Step Added To Scientific Method
‘Seek Funding’ Step Added To Scientific Method
PARIS—In an effort to modernize the principles and empirical procedures of examining phenomena and advancing humanity’s collective knowledge, the International Council for Science announced Thursday t...
theonion.com
August 5, 2025 at 3:15 PM
‘Seek Funding’ Step Added To Scientific Method
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Looks good! And timely
The moment has arrived!
The final version of "Birthright Citizenship and the Dunning School of Unoriginal Meanings," co-authored by @evanbernick.bsky.social, @gowder.io, and me, is live on the Cornell Law Review Online website.
Check it out! publications.lawschool.cornell.edu/lawreview/20...
The final version of "Birthright Citizenship and the Dunning School of Unoriginal Meanings," co-authored by @evanbernick.bsky.social, @gowder.io, and me, is live on the Cornell Law Review Online website.
Check it out! publications.lawschool.cornell.edu/lawreview/20...
July 24, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Looks good! And timely
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The scope of this is unimaginable.
Columbia University has handed over its undergraduate admissions process to Donald Trump and his MAGA allies, who will now decide at their sole discretion whether the university has admitted enough white people. It's no longer an independent institution.
July 24, 2025 at 1:12 PM
The scope of this is unimaginable.
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Those of us at profoundly smaller, poorer institutions look at rich Chicago doing the same things we’ve already experienced and are left puzzled. What’s the point of all that money if you don’t use it to save education in this declining society? Baffling.
July 22, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Those of us at profoundly smaller, poorer institutions look at rich Chicago doing the same things we’ve already experienced and are left puzzled. What’s the point of all that money if you don’t use it to save education in this declining society? Baffling.
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Report: Majority Of Nation’s Civic Engagement Centered Around Oppressing Other People
theonion.com/report-...
theonion.com/report-...
April 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Report: Majority Of Nation’s Civic Engagement Centered Around Oppressing Other People
theonion.com/report-...
theonion.com/report-...
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if your freedom relies on the unfreedom of others, you cannot be free
if your freedom relies on an unfreedom of others you yourself enforce, good lord of course you cannot be free
may we be liberate; may we liberate ourselves; that will be enough
if your freedom relies on an unfreedom of others you yourself enforce, good lord of course you cannot be free
may we be liberate; may we liberate ourselves; that will be enough
April 12, 2025 at 1:18 PM
if your freedom relies on the unfreedom of others, you cannot be free
if your freedom relies on an unfreedom of others you yourself enforce, good lord of course you cannot be free
may we be liberate; may we liberate ourselves; that will be enough
if your freedom relies on an unfreedom of others you yourself enforce, good lord of course you cannot be free
may we be liberate; may we liberate ourselves; that will be enough
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hey UVM! Join us for 5min/5slides tours of our major grant winners’ projects — and then some nosh!
4/30 at 4:30pm in Billings.
4/30 at 4:30pm in Billings.
April 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
hey UVM! Join us for 5min/5slides tours of our major grant winners’ projects — and then some nosh!
4/30 at 4:30pm in Billings.
4/30 at 4:30pm in Billings.
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please stop being surprised
April 2, 2025 at 8:33 PM
please stop being surprised
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New Study Finds Average American Stands No Chance Against What’s Coming
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theonion.com/new-stu...
April 1, 2025 at 10:00 PM
New Study Finds Average American Stands No Chance Against What’s Coming
theonion.com/new-stu...
theonion.com/new-stu...
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Do not grant them more power than they have.
They are deeply stoppable.
They are deeply stoppable.
March 30, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Do not grant them more power than they have.
They are deeply stoppable.
They are deeply stoppable.
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Even if she's the worst person you'd ever met she wouldn't deserve to be abducted by the government over an op-ed.
Reyyan Bilge, a psychology prof at Northeastern, told the Globe that he has known Ozturk for more than a decade and described her as soft-spoken and kind. "If you were to actually have a chat with her for about five minutes, you would understand how kind and how decent a person she is," she said.
March 27, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Even if she's the worst person you'd ever met she wouldn't deserve to be abducted by the government over an op-ed.
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‘I Messed Up At Work Again,’ Crestfallen Michael Waltz Texts Wife, National Geographic Editorial Staff
March 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM
‘I Messed Up At Work Again,’ Crestfallen Michael Waltz Texts Wife, National Geographic Editorial Staff
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Trump, essentially: Grab them by the private... universities
When you're president, they let you do it.
Right, Columbia?
When you're president, they let you do it.
Right, Columbia?
March 22, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Trump, essentially: Grab them by the private... universities
When you're president, they let you do it.
Right, Columbia?
When you're president, they let you do it.
Right, Columbia?
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You might not see it in the mainstream media, but over 10,000 people protested today at Tesla showrooms across the country, another 10,000+ rallied in support of national parks, and more than 1,000 gathered in Vermont to protest Vance’s visit.
March 2, 2025 at 4:24 AM
You might not see it in the mainstream media, but over 10,000 people protested today at Tesla showrooms across the country, another 10,000+ rallied in support of national parks, and more than 1,000 gathered in Vermont to protest Vance’s visit.
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First, they said postponed; now the meeting is canceled. That means no flu shots next year.
“'It’s a six-month production cycle,' Dr. Offit said. 'So one can only assume that we’re not picking flu strains this year.'"
Fundamentally, that's a form of mass murder.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...
“'It’s a six-month production cycle,' Dr. Offit said. 'So one can only assume that we’re not picking flu strains this year.'"
Fundamentally, that's a form of mass murder.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...
F.D.A. Cancels Meeting of Vaccine Experts Scheduled to Advise on Flu Shots
The cancellation plays into fears among scientists who worry that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will use his position as health secretary to sow doubts about vaccines.
www.nytimes.com
February 27, 2025 at 8:14 PM
First, they said postponed; now the meeting is canceled. That means no flu shots next year.
“'It’s a six-month production cycle,' Dr. Offit said. 'So one can only assume that we’re not picking flu strains this year.'"
Fundamentally, that's a form of mass murder.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...
“'It’s a six-month production cycle,' Dr. Offit said. 'So one can only assume that we’re not picking flu strains this year.'"
Fundamentally, that's a form of mass murder.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...